[H-GEN] IDE CDrom on a non-plugnplay

[Frank Brand]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Frank Brand <fbrand at uq.net.au>)

R B wrote:

> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs R B <louisxii at uq.net.au>)
>
> A valid question, and not taken personally.
> All 3 CD settings :MA, SL, CS were tried.
> The Manual had been studied in detail. Possibly an unwise thing to do
> but I wanted to cover all foreseeable avenues, (read desparate and then
> some) so that I could say I got it going. Alas, not this time.
> The M/B is software configured via the BIOS. The ide controller is
> onboard (up to mode 4)
> Both ide channels are enabled, (no jumpers for this) set to Auto -mode
> setting I tried forcing mode 0, but still no detection. The BIOS has a
> "detect ide" menu option. I attempted some manual settings but not
> knowing what configuration of Hard drive it would want to see; that also
> failed.
> It seems the unit must be correctly regitered with the BIOS so that it
> can be accessed. Linux could not find it. The CD does work properly. I
> checked it back in the original machine and all is detected correctly.
>
> Ron
>

Have you got mscdex.exe in the path (if for DOS)?

What is your HDD configuration (How many on what?)

Have you got the IDE cable in the correct way?

Sorry but I am like Luke usually its the silly things that cause this.

Is the board's I/O working ?

Does the Autodetect on the bios pick up all HDD's?

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Frank Brand
E-mail: fbrand at uq.net.au
Home Page: http://www.uq.net.au/~zzfbrand




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